Bioactive dietary factors and plant extracts in dermatology

Authors:Ronald R. Watson, Sherma Zibadi

Summary:The role of Bioactive Dietary Factors and Plant Extracts in Preventive Dermatology provides current and concise scientific appraisal of the efficacy of foods, nutrients, herbs, and dietary supplements in preventing dermal damage and cancer as well as improving skin health. This important new volume reviews and presents new hypotheses and conclusions on the effects of different bioactive foods and their components derived particularly from vegetables, fruits, and herbs. Primary emphasis is on treatment and prevention of dermal damage focusing on skin cancers with significant health care costs and mortality. Bioactive Dietary Factors and Plant Extracts in Preventive Dermatology brings together expert clinicians and researchers working on the different aspects of supplementation, foods, and plant extracts and nutrition and skin health. Their expertise provides the most current knowledge in the field and will serve as the foundation for advancing future research

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Series:

Nutrition and health (Totowa, N.J.)

Genre:Internet Resources

Physical Description:1 online resource

ISBN:

9781627031677, 9781627031660, 1627031677, 1627031669

DOI:10.1007/978-1-62703-167-7

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:821889764

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Print version:

Bioactive dietary factors and plant extracts in dermatology.

802069888

Contents:

Part I. Mediterranean diet and skin health

Immune-Medicated disorders of skin: role of dietary factors and plant extracts?

UV irradiations, micronutrient supplementation, and cutaneous health: overview

Skin health and metabolic complications

Probiotics and skin health

Part II. Dietary nutrients and skin

Vitamin C (l-ascorbic acid): antioxidant involved in skin care

Omega 3 fatty acids in psoriasis

Arginine derived nitric oxide: key to healthy skin

Taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid): useful in skin diseases

Part III. Plant and plant components and skin care

Turmeric (curcuma longa L.) the Indian golden curry spice as a skin care agent: validation of the traditional uses

Ginger (zingiber of cinale roscoe) the dietary age in skin care: a review

Amla (emblica of cinalis gaertn.) the Indian indigenous berry in skin care

Review on the use of aloe vera (aloe) in dermatology

Part IV. Dieatry components and skin health

Chocolate and skin health

Natural dietary factors (products), antioxidants, and skin health

Nutrient-rich botanicals in skin health: focus on avena sativa

the role of polyphenols in skin health

Resveratrol in dermal health

Skin care properties of grape seed polyphenols, a by-product of the winery industry

Skin health benefits of coenzyme Q10

Protection against free radicals (UVB irradiation) of a water-soluble enzymatic extract from rice bran. Study using human keratinocyte monolayer and reconstructed human epidermis. Part V. Essential nutrients and skin cancer

Folate nutrition in skin health and skin cancer prevention

Vitamin D and skin cancer: meet sunshine halfway

Vitamin E in skin cancer and aging skin

Part VI. Dietary components and skin cancer

Dietary plant extracts and foods in prevention and skin cancer: an overview

Promising plant extracts with in vivo anti-melanoma potentioal

Molecular sensors and mediatros of skin cancer preventative phytochemicals

Soybean: key role in skin cancer

Bioactive polyacetylenes of carrots in cancer prevention

Chocolate: a role in skin care and cancer

N-acetylcysteine for reduction of oxidative stress/damage and prevention of melanoma

An Indian spice: turmeric, in relation to skin health and cancer